Ipswitch’s Joan Groleau Named to Top Midmarket IT Executive List by The Channel Company and Midsize Enterprise Summit

LEXINGTON, Mass. – Sept. 18, 2017 – Joan Groleau, Director, North America Channel at Ipswitch®, the leader in easy to deploy, manage and use file transfer and network management software, has been named to The Channel Company’s Top Midmarket IT Executives list. This annual list honors influential vendor and solution provider executives who have demonstrated an exceptionally strong commitment to the midmarket.

“The Channel Company and Midsize Enterprise Summit are proud to recognize these individuals and the companies they represent for their remarkable efforts to meet the unique IT needs of this fast-growing industry,” said Robert C. DeMarzo, Senior Vice President of Event Content and Strategy, The Channel Company. “The winners will be honored at this year’s Midsize Enterprise Summit Fall in San Antonio, Texas, the nation’s largest gathering of midmarket senior IT executives and the ideal venue in which to honor these deserving leaders. We congratulate each of the honorees and look forward to their continued success.”

Joan leads Ipswitch’s reseller partner group for North America, working with a team who grow new accounts and expand relationships with existing partners, many working with customers in the midmarket field. Ipswitch specializes in providing powerful IT management tools designed for the midmarket, specifically MOVEit® secure file transfer and WhatsUp® Gold network monitoring, requiring minimal investment of resources to deploy, manage, maintain and use.

“The midmarket is fast-growing, productive and innovative,” said Joan Groleau. “My goal is to continue helping Ipswitch to build file transfer and network management software that supports midmarket IT team's needs for powerful tools that are easy to use. I’m happy to be named to this list, recognizing Ipswitch’s strength as a company in the midmarket space.”

The Top Midmarket IT Executives List is being announced at the 2017 Midsize Enterprise Summit Fall, held at the JW Marriott Hill Country in San Antonio, Texas, on September 17-19, 2017. The executives will also be featured on CRN.com, a leading source for IT industry news, at http://www.crn.com/.

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About The Channel Company
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About Midsize Enterprise Summit
The Midsize Enterprise Summit (MES) is held twice annually. It brings together 200+ midmarket CIOs and Senior IT Leaders to share ideas and best practices. MES provides a forum for IT executives from mid-sized organizations to research and meet technology vendors to plan out their IT spend and initiatives for the coming year. www.thechannelco.com/mes

About Ipswitch
With over 1 million users from 42,000 companies managing more than 150,000 networks in 116 countries, Ipswitch designs and develops industry-leading software that enables the easy delivery of 24/7 performance and security across cloud, virtual and on-premise environments. IT teams worldwide rely on 25 years of innovation to optimize and secure business transactions, applications and infrastructure with Ipswitch MOVEit® secure file transfer, Ipswitch WhatsUp® Gold network monitoring and Ipswitch WS_FTP®. Available directly or through strategic alliances with leading IT vendors and the company’s fast-growing global partner ecosystem, Ipswitch’s wide portfolio improves application and network performance, monitors diverse IT environments and ensures secure exchange of data that meets PCI, HIPAA, GDPR and other industry and government data security and regulatory requirements.